H9633
L-Homocysteic acid
≥98% (TLC)
Synonym(s):
L-2-Amino-4-sulfobutyric acid
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About This Item
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C4H9NO5S
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
183.18
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.32
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L-Homocysteic acid, ≥95%
Quality Level
Assay
≥95%
≥98% (TLC)
form
powder
color
white to off-white
application(s)
cell analysis
SMILES string
N[C@@H](CCS(O)(=O)=O)C(O)=O
InChI
1S/C4H9NO5S/c5-3(4(6)7)1-2-11(8,9)10/h3H,1-2,5H2,(H,6,7)(H,8,9,10)/t3-/m0/s1
InChI key
VBOQYPQEPHKASR-VKHMYHEASA-N
Application
L-Homocysteic acid has been used to study hydrogen peroxide-mediated changes in physiological and pathological conditions in the nervous system.
Biochem/physiol Actions
L-Homocysteic acid (L-HCA) is an endogenous neurotransmitter ligand of NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptors. It is an analog of glutamate and competitively suppresses glutamate-cystine (xc-) antiporter function in neurons, causing decrease in cysteine uptake.
Storage Class Code
11 - Combustible Solids
WGK
WGK 3
Flash Point(F)
Not applicable
Flash Point(C)
Not applicable
Personal Protective Equipment
dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves
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The effects of ionophoretically applied L-homocysteate (L-HCA), L-glutamate (L-Glu) and N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) were compared in rat neocortical neurons recorded intracellularly in vitro. The firing pattern and the time course of membrane depolarization induced by L-HCA resembled those of NMDA responses.
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The role of homocysteic acid (HCA) in severe diseases like Alzheimer's disease is under discussion and some recent studies correlate elevated HCA concentrations with the diagnosis of Alzheimer's. However, non-selective and insufficiently sensitive methods have been used to quantitate HCA
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L-Homocysteic acid (L-HCA) has been proposed as a natural transmitter at the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) subtype of excitatory amino acid receptor based on recent evidence that L-HCA occurs L-HCA occurs naturally in the mammalian CNS, is released from K+ stimulated brain
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